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Esther Dale

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1885-11-10

Day of Death

1961-07-23

Place of Birth

Beaufort, South Carolina, USA

Esther Dale

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Esther Dale (November 10, 1885 – July 23, 1961) was an American actress, best known perhaps for her role as Aunt Genevieve in the 1935 Shirley Temple vehicle, Curly Top. On the stage, Dale starred in Carrie Nation on Broadway in 1933. Her other Broadway credits include Harvest of Years (1947), And Be My Love (1944), and Another Language (1932). Dale's first film was Crime Without Passion (1934) in an uncredited role. She was a familiar face in films of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, frequently playing stern, authoritarian characters such as prison matrons and head nurses, although she was equally adept at playing grande dames and ladies of the aristocracy. Dale played many roles in television over the years. In the 1958-1959 season of The Donna Reed Show, Dale played a job-seeking housekeeper who is frightened from the Stone home by Jeff Stone's pet mouse, and she appeared in the 1957 Maverick episode "According to Hoyle" opposite James Garner.

Filmography (95)

⭐ 6.5 Role: Woman at Picnic

North to Alaska

1960
⭐ 6.7 Role: Mrs. Maud Mansfield

The Sound and the Fury

1959
⭐ 5.8 Role: Mrs. Fitzgerald

The Oklahoman

1957
⭐ 5.1 Role: Head Matron Ballard

Betrayed Women

1955
⭐ 7.4 Role: Birdie Hicks

Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki

1955
⭐ 9.0 Role: Pross

A Tale of Two Cities

1953
⭐ 6.7 Role: Mrs. Rhinelander

Monkey Business

1952
⭐ 6.5 Role: Birdie Hicks

Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair

1952
⭐ 5.1 Role: Mrs. Boykin

Too Young to Kiss

1951
⭐ 6.5 Role: Unknown

On Moonlight Bay

1951
⭐ 5.1 Role: Miss Thompson

Walk Softly, Stranger

1950
⭐ 4.8 Role: Aunt May

Surrender

1950
⭐ 6.9 Role: Josie

No Man of Her Own

1950
⭐ 6.9 Role: Mrs. Ennis

Holiday Affair

1949
⭐ 7.2 Role: Mrs. Birdie Hicks

Ma and Pa Kettle

1949